Not Tobago then
30 May 2017 | Grenada
Plan A was to sail the 90nm to Man O'War Bay on Tobago - a favourite place. Hm. The wind conspired to stop our trip to Sandy Island and the same happened with Tobago - we were facing a beat of around 130nm in 25kts. Are we getting soft or lazy or both? At this stage of the season we did not want this so instead decided to go to Grenada.
We had been a bit negative about Grenada partly because we had spent a lot of time there in 2010-11 and other islands seemed, well, nicer.
However, friends Graham and Joan on Karma were there and keen to disabuse us of our negativity, and also there is a Yamaha dealer/service centre where we could get the outboard fixed.
The anchor was up at 0805 on Saturday 20th May and we had a cracking sail for the 40nm down the east (windward) coast of Grenada, anchoring in True Blue Bay near the McIntyre Yamaha people.
The outboard was collected on Monday and we motored into the current and wind to Clarke's Court Bay where Graham and Joan acted as guides extraordinaire and Grenada ambassadors, showing us around the area and leading us on a super trip to the north of the island, taking the bus to Sauteurs where the last Caribs committed mass suicide jumping off the cliff rather than succumb to the French (well you would, wouldn't you?), walking to Levera beach and on to Bathway beach for a swim in the natural pool.
The outboard was fixed and trips into St George's for provisions have been easy. Taffy's Bar is a great place to hang out, so we joined Taffy and Sue to watch Manchester United win the UEFA Cup.
We have revised our views of Grenada and know now that it has much more to offer than we realised.
So next to Trinidad for haul out, boat maintenance and prepare for flights to the UK.